Effects of Body Mass Index on Clinical Outcomes in Female Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents: Results From a Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Conclusions The risk of 3-year adjusted cardiac events did not differ across BMI groups, whereas the risk of all-cause mortality compared with normoweight was significantly higher in underweight patients and lower in overweight patients with a trend toward increased risk in the severely obese population.

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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - January 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Faggioni, M., Baber, U., Afshar, A. E., Giustino, G., Sartori, S., Sorrentino, S., Steg, P. G., Stefanini, G. G., Windecker, S., Leon, M. B., Stone, G. W., Wijns, W., Serruys, P. W., Valgimigli, M., Camenzind, E., Weisz, G., Smits, P. C., Kandzari, D. E., Tags: Focus on Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Women Source Type: research